Why Doesn’t Barack Obama Get Treated Like Dan Quayle?
Brent Bozell asks the question:
Imagine that John McCain named a young running mate to campaign with him, and this national rookie suggested America had 58 states, repeatedly used the wrong names for the cities he was visiting, and honored a Memorial Day crowd by acknowledging the “fallen heroes” who were present, somehow alive and standing in the audience. How long would it take for the national media to see another Dan Quayle caricature? Let’s raise the stakes. What if it was the GOP presidential candidate making these thoroughly ridiculous comments? This scenario is very real, except it isn’t McCain. It’s the other fellow.
After Vice President Dan Quayle made his now-infamous “P-O-T-A-T-O-E” gaffe he was ridiculed, mercilessly, by the media and stand up comedians for years. Quayle jokes have stopped being funny now that Quayle has largely faded from the nation’s consciousness, but they’ve been replaced by jokes about “Bushisms” from our current President.
Now, I think it’s fine to mock politicians. Sometimes they say really funny and/or stupid things. But what’s amazing is that Barack Obama has made dozens of humorous verbal mistakes during his time on the campaign trail, yet the media doesn’t seem to be mocking him as they mocked Bush and Quayle.
Wondering why? It’s because Bush and Quayle are Republicans. Obama, on the other hand, is the liberal messiah. And you don’t make fun of the messiah.
